China Detains 2 in Tainted Pet Food Case

BEIJING - Managers from two companies which exported contaminated wheat gluten and rice protein blamed for the deaths of dogs and cats in the United States have been detained, state media reported Wednesday.

The deaths set off a U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation and a recall of nearly 100 brands of pet food made with the tainted ingredients.

The Beijing Morning Post said China's quality control watchdog had confirmed that the Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Co. Ltd. and Binzhou Futian Biology Technology Co. Ltd. had exported melamine-tainted products, and said managers from both companies
had been detained

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Interesting--and nothing that surprises me particularly this little nugget:"Xuzhou Anying managers have said they have no idea how the melamine got into the gluten.... suspicions were raised when the company was found to have posted an advertisement on the Web site of online market place 999ce.com in March seeking to buy melamine."
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